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#230 – EVOLVING TECHNOLOGY AND THE NEW RISK/REWARD PICTURE IN IT – HOWARD WIENER

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I have written in past posts about the need to apply a risk-adjusted approach to managing information and communication technology (ICT).  The focus I have advocated, and continue to, employs a risk/reward model to specify how much discipline, with its attendant time requirements and costs, to employ to inform how companies should manage their governance processes, initiative portfolios and projects. Continue reading →

#229 – STORIES FROM CYBERIA – KIRBY URNER

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I wanted to share some recent findings, from the perspective of someone with lots of white hair and memories.

My fantasies around computers started around 8th grade, when I scoured the Time-Lifeseries with titles like Mathematics, The Mind, The Cell, The Body… twenty-six volumes in all. Continue reading →

#229 – DELIVERING DIFFICULT FEEDBACK – ELIZABETH LIONS

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Delivering difficult feedback with grace is one of the hardest things a female leader can do, and is the most necessary. In general, many women when delivering feedback sound angry, judgmental, or attacking. It could be the tone of their voice or the look on their face, but whatever it is, it’s not good to be on the other side of it. Others can’t quite say what they need to say, leaving the team member fuzzy about what really took place in the one-on-one meeting. Continue reading →

#229 – ISO 31000 IN GOVERNMENT: A CASE STUDY – JAMES KLINE PH.D.

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ISO 31000 is the International Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework developed in 2009 by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).  Its use in government is increasing.  The reason for the increase is that governments around the world are recognizing that risk events are increasing in frequency and cost.  For instance, Hurricane Harvey impacted the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky.  It flooded 19 water systems, 31 waste water systems and 13 super fund sites spreading toxic waste throughout the region.  It cost Texas $125 billion dollars. (1)   Continue reading →

#227 – TRUTH, LIES, AND PALTERING LEADERS – WHAT & WHO CAN BE BELIEVED? – MALCOLM PEART

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“Lies, damn lies and statistics” is an often-used phrase attributed to the 18th Century British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli.  He acknowledged the persuasive power of numbers to bolster weak arguments.

In a statistical moment his contemporary, Abraham Lincoln, said; “You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time“.  Politics, persuasion and manipulation (deception) have gone hand in hand for centuries.

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